Richard Shindell - Balloon Man (alt version) lyrics

I'm standing outside on the balcony Balloon man is pa**ing below Making his way to the park by the church He goes where the little ones go Balloon man's a little bit ragged His gla**es are slightly askew One lens is cracked and shoes never match He might have a screw loose or two And you're so far away On the other side of the world I thought you might like to know That balloon man lives in it too His rig is a marvel of equipoise Leonardo might've designed Bamboo for the wide horizontal Pine for the vertical rise He's wearing in a flag-bearers harness He's holding the whole thing aloft Balloons all arrayed, he's a one man parade If he ran he'd surely take off And you're so far away On the other side of the world I just thought you should know That balloon man lives in it too But it's cold up here on the balcony And it's time that I went back inside Balloon man waits for the light at the corner I'll watch til he goes out of sight But there's a wind that whips round the corner And he's having a hell of a time He staggers and it looks like he might just go over But balloon man he puts up a fight And you're so far away On the other side of the world I just thought you should know That balloon man lives in it too